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[polywideblock]

 

[dadsbee]

Unless you want to pull over to the curb to go to the bathroom....... LOL.

Whole knew meaning to "you take the stick"!

 

[polywideblock]

 

[polywideblock]

 

[polywideblock]

 

[polywideblock]

 

[junior340]

All shined up again. Dusty ride but easy to clean off at least.

 

[Richard Cranium]

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Notice that she’s not tightening anything.

 

[Dave6T4]

1956 studebaker

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I bought one of those, once, as a restoration project. Same colour, but mine had tinted glass all around. I still think these are beautiful cars, years ahead of their time. Mine had the 352/275 Packard with 3-speed Ultramatic. These cars had beautiful leather interiors and an instrument panel that looked like it came out of an aircraft.
I began collecting parts for my project. I knew the Ultramatic transmissions could be problematic, so my plan was to convert to a manual transmission. I came up with a Packard manual shift bellhousing and flywheel, as well as a Ford toploader 4-speed. I also found a factory 2 X 4 intake used on Packard Caribbeans. A pair of solid 1962 GT Hawk front fenders, and a pair of N.O.S. rear fenders, still in boxes were purchased, as well as front headlight assemblies and bezels. A lot of this sheet metal was purchased locally, and mechanical stuff was found at a big swap meet we used to attend in Dunkirk, N.Y.
As I began the teardown of the car, I unfortunately found more and more hidden rust problems. The unique torque boxes that were welded to the floor pan, and saddled the frame rails, were completely rusted away. To get the Studebacker as low as possible, the engineers turned the frame rails 90 degrees to normal practice, making them wide, but very shallow. This makes a very whippy, flexible frame, but Studebaker compensated by adding the torque boxes to the body. When body and frame were bolted together, the assembly was quite rigid. With these missing boxes, my Hawk would be unstable.
I sent the body off to a former friend's paint and body shop for metal work. When I got the body back, it looked like he must have let his apprentice work on it. The body looked like a quilt of small patches, none bigger than an outstretched hand. It was ruined. The floorpan torque boxes, were still missing. When I asked about this, the body guy said he not going to fix it. When I found rust in the front frame rails, I decided to throw in the towel. I sold all my parts for enough to cover what I had invested to that point. The body and frame went to the scrappers.
This was in mid and late '70's. Unfortunately, now I know guys that could have done justice to the Hawk body and frame and I could have made a nice car of it. One of my car regrets.

 

[Dave6T4]

Unless you want to pull over to the curb to go to the bathroom....... LOL.

That's why those things have a hole in the floor. Haven't you ever felt a rain sprinkle on a cloudless day? LOL.

 

[junior340]

At the river in the morning before somebody turned the oven on high.

 

[Hey-O]

That's why those things have a hole in the floor. Haven't you ever felt a rain sprinkle on a cloudless day? LOL.

I'm going to start telling people that's why my hair is thinning, thanks!!!! LOL

 

[sam dupont]

1973 MGBGTV8
The factory started building these because of the guy in New York stuffing Rover V-8s into new MGBs was selling so many. Basically a Buick 215 with better metallurgy and heads that flowed up to 6,000 rpms. 140HP, 200 ft lbs torque. Engine weight: 320 pounds, 40 less than the 4 cylinder

 

[kiwigtx]

Slightly abused...... LOL

Fixed it....

 

[Builderguy]

Mom, mom, mom, mommy, mom, mom, where are you? Okay, I was a little scared there for a minute!

 

[Hey-O]

 

[Hey-O]

Here's What The 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda Is Worth Today

A Concours-condition 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda can fetch Koenigsegg and Bugatti money today.

www.hotcars.com

 

[GrabberOrange69]

 

[Builderguy]

She is smart, she is funny, she can easily run power tools, she is a great sounding board, she can sand and paint drywall, and she doesn't mind working on old Mopars. But I still have no idea why she likes mowing the lawn. Maybe it is to get away from doing the aforementioned.

 

[65Bel]

Natures Amazing Engineers

When the beekeeper forgot to put the frames in this hive, the bees free-styled, building a honeycomb that best maintained living conditions for the colony (such as temperature and airflow) . . .




The typical beekeeper setup . . .